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sixteen pages oeommtown out vwhmt1vnjnq may mm 19m hist section employees seek labour union status georgetown may have new labour union this year on monday council was inform ed by the ontario labour bela- uonsboard that hearing would be field ixi toronto on june 4th far certification of the national union of public service employ ees as bargaining agent for men employed in outside work and in the water pump station eligible to join the unionsnine of the teirteen town employees eligible have signed cards indicating their desire to join the union the town solicitor was appoin ted to attend the meeting to rep- resent the town the information led to a discus sion in which cr era hyde said he thought council should take steps which have beenconsidercd for some time to replace all labour at the waterworks building with automatic controls for the wells and reservoir this could prob ably be done for half the yearly labour cost he said and while council has as yet made no deci- sion it was discussed long before the labour union question came up and should be known by the men now delaying action could cause a situation like the firemen on diesels later be fears cr fred harrison asked about -the- status of town employees who have not been hired by a council that some two years ago council decided any permanent employee should be hired by motion but thattbe town foreman has author ity to engage temporary help with out such action at cr harrisons suggestion the town clerk was asked to report next monday on this matter a report from buijding inspec tor joseph gibbons said all prop erty owners in the glrard store area have been contacted and no objections have been raised to planned alterations at the store so he is issuing a permit to mr girard for the twotar complaining that dogs run ning at large on rexway dr are a menace to shrubs and gardens george p stephens suggested coun cil check dog control more closely mr stephens said the trouble oc curs in the early morning and the police committee was asked to contact the humane society and suggest some early patrols merchants have drawn to his at tention that a car parked on a road leading from the highway to the new town parking area has block ed the entrance at times the mayor said council decided to instruct the police to see that motion and was told by the mayor the road is kept clear seek teachers for night school courses some new classes were planned for the 19581959 season along with the favourites of previous years when georgetown night school committee met on may 20 at the home of miss a lash mil ler the committee has found sever al teachers among newcomers to georgetown and the vicinity and discussed the possibility of find- ing more unknown talent- among us such information would be greatly appreciated the final list is being held open for a short time in hopes that any one who knows of teachers of pos sible new and exciting courses will get in touch with principal j l lambert at the high school in struction committee convener miss jean ruddell at tr 72803 the secretary miss dorothy stone at tr 73432 the chairman mrs j glynn at tr 73888 or an other member of the 195859 commit tee rev john rathbone made anglican deacon at ordination rev john rathbone first full- time rector of st albanv anglic an glen williams became a dea con at an ordination service in christ church cathedral hamil ton mon may 18th he was one of five trinity college students so ordained by bishop w e bagnall a large representation of hjs new parishioners at the glen at tended the service at which vis count montgomery visiting in ha milton that week was a distingui shed visitor mr rath bones wife and children as well as many oth er relatives were present to wit ness the happy event rev william both well anglican chaplain at the university of toronto preached the sermon the ordination is a preliminary step to mr rathbone becoming an ordained priest he will complete his studies at trinity this coming year harrison teacher sandra fox sandra daughter of mrs nellie fox 4 ontario st and the late j fox was successful in completing her year at toronto teachers college arid has accepted a posi tion in harrison public school in september social personal mrs edgar eyres of buffalo ny was visiting yesterday with friends in town miss bella wheeler of hamilton spent tuesday in town where she visited with several friends connie lou allen spent the week end with her grandparents mr and mrs jack mcenery silvercreek mrs alf collins guelph street spent last weekend in kitchener with mr and mrs george blyth and family mr and mrs lloyd graham of uxbridge and mrs w j roe rr 1 georgetown visited with mr and mrs walter bowen of gome over the week end mrs a restivo a former town resident who now lives in hamil ton was in town yesterday visiting with her brother dick licata 52 main st s mr and mrs fred mcnally 37 market street spent a few days in belleville last week visiting with mr and mrs p s herrington dr and mrs william kerby of humboldt saskatchewan were guests last week with his brother dr jack and mrs kerby 18 mar ket street they came east to at tend the dental convention in tor onto mr and mrs norman verdec and thicr children richard norm an margaret and valeric were re newing acquaintances with friends in town last week ftcr an absence of eight years now living in ed monton alberta they arc plan ning a move to calgary soon they came east to attend the funeral of mrs verdecs father a retired baptist minister william a dcvereaux of hali fax ns was a weekend guest with his parents mr and mrs harry dcvereaux 9 parkview blvd he was attending the convention of the engineering institute in quebec city and flew east from there for the visit mrs brandfords team bowling club winners a mixed bowling team captained by mrs cyril brandford were pre sented with a trophy emblematic of the mixed bowling league of georgetown championship satur day night when the league held their banquet in limehouse hall the presentation was made by the president len sunnucks mr sunucks also made presen tations to mr and mrs lou tracey for couples high single sid hulme for perfect attendance and mr and mrs glen britton for low score the winners of a lucky draw were jim roe and ernie mil ler mr sunnucks also made presen- nd del wallace treasurer for the past year and newly elected exec utive includes sid hulme presid- william a edwards streettvill electrician a streetsvillf resident lor most or his llfetimel william andrew edwards died fen tuesday may 20th st his hoife there he was the brother of walter edwards 39 edith- stred born in toronto the son of ro bert edwards nd rebecca lyons elved most of his later moving to needs more water so industry doesnt come an industry which was looking over georgetown locations has de cided to to to pickering township reeve doug sargent told council monday decision was made be cause the town could hot supply twee million daily water gallon age he said there are a couple mployed as an buty electric he was a mason and fond of most spores taking a special inter est in soccer football and hockey funeral service was held- on thursday maj 22nd at the lee and kaiser funeral home streets- vule at jl30 th interment in trinity cemetery he leaves his wife christina edwards and three children vera mrs j stoutley streetsville blanche mrs l hugh- son and herbert of toronto bro thers tack of toronto walter of georgetown an sisters ethel mrs l rice detroit olive mrs p mofadden ellh mrs f powers of chicago ana alice mrs h card of oakvffle oe wis married- brighter prospects at present he lawn bowlers enjoy came as reason opens georgetown lawn bowlers open ed their bowling season saturday evening with a fair turnout at the green on edith street old and new members joined in a friendly game after which lunch was serv ed in the clubhouse by the lady bowlers the regular mens club opened with doubles on monday night while the ladies got their season under way on tuesday afternoon with a good attendance mixed doubles have been scheduled for thursday and on wednesday june 4th the intercdunty league com prising acton rockwood guelph and georgetown opens with acton visiting here ent del wallace secretary and on wood and gilbert preston richardson joins crest group plans grand opening friday after many weeks of pli and hard work the formal opening of richardsons crest hardware will take place this friday and sat vrday a family business since james richardson came here from pick ering in 1929 the store has been completely renovated a partition which formerly divided the store in two has been knocked out new counters and display racks have been installed along with fluores cent fixtures the green and white colour scheme adds a bright new exterior to south main street with the attractive crest sign flush with the building and a lighted sign overhanging the street the crest organisation which richardsons has joined is a group of independently owned hardware stores across ontario of similar type to grocery and drug store or ganizations the new store is planned on a semiself serve basis the store location was original ly a bra of the merchants hank itbecame a hardware when the late john kennedy was burn ed out farther down the street passed from his ownership to graham and clements and then to a cordlngly who sold out to mr richardson and moved to wiar- ton mr richardson had a groc ery store in pickering before com ing here his son walter joined him in the business in 1980 and after the war son kenneth also became a member of the organiza tion another son harold was al so jn the business here for a time bht returned to pickering and mr and mrs richardson also have a daughter mrs fred maveal of jack sunnucks treasurer four teams comprise the league and 24 members were present at the tur key supper catered to by the lime- house wi dancing to the music of george glassfords orchestra completed the evening six mile cub hike ends at angler cabin forty two cubs of the second georgetown cub pack completed a six mile hike saturday meeting at st george anglican church the cubs nude the long bike to the anglers and hunters cabin at hickory falls with their leaders jim schofield jim sargent harri- what council did there they were entertained and made welcome by some of the club members who served a lunch and showed an educational film they returned home late in the af ternoon in cars supplied by ang lers and hunters members and parents said which are in the talking stage queried by cr joarrison about sidewalks in the sunbeam area road chairman waiter gray said toe israiting a cost estimate from the engineer and will present a report to council when he receives il meanwhile council okay ed 925 feetol sidewalk replace ment on academy road edith and church streets continuing a pro gram which will see many such improvements this year deputy reeve gray said he also hopes to present a pfcfch for im provements at the dangerous mountainview river drive inter section next monday he has been told by the county engineer that 3000 is available from the coun ty for the work in future council decided to have the town foreman notify the clerk of any damage to town prop erty in the course of building con struction and the clerk is to bill the damage to the proper person no action has yet been taken on cr hydes suggestions that a 100 deposit be required when a build ing permit is issued and damages collected from this deposit pend ing advice from the town solicitor whether it is legal for the town to do this asked by ken priddy for finan cial assistance on behalf of a group which is planning a soccer league for boys council asked cr mcgilvray to get- in touch with community centre officials to see if this could not be coordinated with that organization a letter was filed from the committee for home mail delivery in tilbury a group which is claim ing it is an injustice for some towns to have such a federal serv ice and others not load limit for the ann street bridge was set at three tons rather than the five tons decided last week by council what council did council nixes 8000 man retain parttime engineer business grad george mcclure george mcclure son of mr and mrs harold mcclure 83 maple ave w received his bachelor of arts degree in business adminis tration on saturday from the uni versity of western ontario lon don he is a 1957 graduate of royal military college kingston mrs tyers president of catholic womens league the members of holy cross ca tholic womens league held their annual meeting with election of officers on tuesday may 13th in the church hall the new execu tive is mrs ed tycrs president mrs gerard wilcox vice presid ent mrs reuben nealc secretary mrs fred tucker treasurer the four conveners are mrs f r pcrego mrs van blaricum mrs j kitelcy and mrs j pignatcll the balance of the meeting was spent in discussing and making plans for the annual bazaar which will be held in the church halt on friday october 24th social personal diane golden daughter of mr and mrs thomas golden 9 duf- fertn street entertained at a par ty on friday the 23rd the occasion was her eleventh birthday her guests enjoyed a birthday supper games ind dancing those atten ding were ingrid langebeck carol mcgilvray patsy cock gloria turnbull pat hyde linda hamil ton heather hayes sheila rob ertson peggy martin dorothy page and carol marchmenl brenda faye daughter of mr and mrs steve eason 5 mcnabb street celebrated her seventh bir thday with a party last wednesday afternoon her guests were sherry vanwyck jane schenk doreen porter brenda manning agnus- lorentsen her godmother mrs floyd varey and michael payne who kindly arranged the games eleanor chaplin was unable to attend owing to illness ann marie daughter of mr and mrs w g sutherland 68 prince charles dr celebrated her seventh birthday- with a party last thurs day afternoon her guests were janet clbke susan corbett je aw fantmt paula hube ruth kennedy martha kreppl janice laforet judy norton tanaine seckington claudia league and ann maries brother bffiy pharmacy grad bill maccormack standing twelfth in class of 81 bill maccormack received first class honours in his final year in the faculty of pharmacy universi ty of toronto at convocation today he received his bjse phm degree mr maccormack who wfitbe manager of macconnacks drugs is following in the footsteps of his father the late e v mac cormack with his wife the for mer chaiiene day and baby dau ghter debbie mr maccormack lives at 52 queen st parents attend vesper service for nurses the graduating class of guelph general hospital nursing school hid a vesper service sunday at st james anglican church in guelph the service is part of the graduation exercises for the class which will receive their diplomas in september mr and mrs k c lindsay 11 emery st whose daughter barbara will graduate and mr and mrs ivan crabtree 7 parkview blvd whose daughter sue is in the grad uating class attended the service barbaras sister miss mary lindsay also attended visitor here will sing in summer music fair miss irene byatt wellknown canadian singer who lent her talents to the grandstand show for the hospital fund on saturday in georgetown park will be one of the stars appearing this sum mer- in music fair at the dixie plaza miss byatt who frequently visits friends mrs muriel adams and mrs betty jamicson 82 guelph st has been chosen for the role of dolly tate in annie get your gun opening musical in a 12week season on june 23 the dixie shows will play two weeks each alternating with similar project near niagara falls ny sod turning ceremony for anglican rectory the sod was turned at a cere mony sunday evening for a new rectory for st albans anglican church glen williams it is the first stage in a building program which will eventually see a new parish hall and a cloister which will house the church rectory and hall into one building the ceremony followed an out door service of evensong conduc- ted by rev john rathbone with the choir participating and a large congregation of parishioners the sod was turned by four of the se nior members of the parish w iercy wagstaffe mrs mary coo per joseph eason and edward bludd contract for i he rectory has been awarded to the local firm of hawcs and nelson roland haines heads the build ing committee membership of which includes george sargent doug townsend jtkk lucas bill korzack harry tracey tom beau mont arthur beaumont henry lorriman tom hill gordon hilts and mr rathbone bill henderson heads businessmen bowlers bill henderson was returned as president of the businessmens bowling league on wednesday may 21st when they held their annual election of officers and closing banquet in limehouse halt shirley burt is again treas urer and the lineup of captains remains unchanged with mrs bui henderson kay tyers oly dyson and bob harris returned as team beads the president presented the trophy to the winning royal bank team and the individual awards to bob harris for high single bob allen for high triple and hank chaplin for high average mrs wm henderson won high single for the ladies with eleanor s ser taking- high triple and kay tyers high average other teams in the league in clude the bank- of commerce singer sewing and bucks fine foods the banquet was catered to by the ladies of the limehouse wx at bahai conference last weekend mrs davina bar ber 9 churchill crescent attended a conference of thvbehai world fahh in london which reviewed the highlights of the intercontinen tal conference held eartynn may at toe baha4temple in wumette hi she was the guest for the week end omrrmd mrs ab tost form erly nf georgetown proponents of a fulltime engin eer for georgetown crs fred harrison and alfred sykes go no support at council meeting monday when for the second tlnw in recent months they moved to engage a man previously their motion suggested a salary of 10000 and on monday an 8000 salary was indicated in the motion which on a recorded vote was deleated 7 to x both councilors explained that they had no dissatisfaction with work of wm e carr who has served georgetown in a parttime capacity for a year cr harrison said mr carr himself had told council recently that he did not feel he has the necessary time to operate his own business and serve the town also mayor arm strong explained that since then mr carr has himself engaged an assistant engineer andthat he has changed his opinion and is in a position to continue in the towns employ reeve doug sargent indicated he might favour a fulltime man but did not agree with the salary suggested others expressed agreement with cr hyde who said the town has the services of an engineering staff at a reasonable jfee and should continue as long as thfo situation exists he reminded council that an engineers salary is not the whole cost and that if a man is engaged he will need assistants were operating a million dot lar business and have a consul tant instead of a man who is available at all times was cr sykes opinion i dont know of any large business which operates without a general manager cr john gunn said that as mr carr has pointed out there is an occupational hazard in working for a town and he doesnt think too many good engineers are at tracted to municipal work as voting took place mayor armstrong said he was in the position of agreeing with all the opinions expressed the town is approaching the time when it should have a fulltime engineer he said yet up to now has- 1 economical engineering and for the present he would like to con tinue with mr can- sid hardie presideit of east georgetown ratepayers said he hoped council will give much consideration to retaining vacant land in the sunbeam area for recreation the mayor explained that coun- long service medal for town soldier on saturday mr and mrs wm j collier 47 normandy blvd at tended an investure at the pro vincial parliament buildings in toronto at which sgt collier and other members of the armed for ces were presented with then- long service medals by the lieut governor the honourable keiller mackay after which a reception was held in the lieut governors suite for the recipients their wyves and friends sgt collier is with the lome scots militia cil has made no decision to sell but has only asked to see if it is permissible to sell and would be pleased to bear opinions of area ratepayers cr harrison who has suggested the sale said he does not think the land is used much and it is his idea to spend the money which selling would bring to fix up a property on maple ave which has more area cr mcgilvray who was absent last week when the harrison mo tion was carried sided with reeve sargent lone opponent at that time saying one property was an ideal skating rink and he wouldnt favour selling it hear reports elect officers at first baptist annual meet the annual business meeting of the first baptist church was cal led to order on wednesday even ing may lath following a turkey supper in the church basement served by the womens society reports from all departments showed a year of progress with an increase in church membership the interim pastor dr r j bean led a devotional period and musical number were sung by mrs donald hancock and the choir a number of coloured slides depicting the activities of toe congregation during the past year daring the year the church suf fered a great loss in the departure of rev a j barker bjl bjd to the hanover baptist eturvch but has been sustained and led under the very able ministry of dr j r bean who is the pro fessor in christian history at crazier seminary chester pa dr bean is currently doing research work at mcmaster university ham ilton and wm be with first bap tist until the end of jane at present the church has not called a minister officers elected fbrthe comrng year at the meeting include on the deacons board elmer carter 14 maple ave w watson win- field 36 churchhill cresc oliver whitmee r a 4 georgetown and earl clements r r 4 georgetown norma thompson 19 guelph st is clerk and douglas cole guelph st is church treasurer members of the finance board include john auneraon 16 vic toria cresc dick wdton 3x jta- pie ave w watson wlnoeld x6 churchill crete don uvuigstone 101 main n dougusxbleguelpii5 st and ern thompson 18 guelph street a new gas beating unit and a building to bouse- the unit were added to the church during the year and a mens brotherhood organiaed- little damage in district chimney fire firemen yesterday had little trouble in dousing a fire at the home of h huson on the 6th line at no is side road the ore art ginmed in the chimney at about- m5 pj negligible v-